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Genworth Financial, Inc. is a financial services company, which provides insurance, wealth management, investment and financial solutions. The company operates its business through three divisions: U.S. Life Insurance, Global Mortgage Insurance and Corporate and Other. The U.S. Life Insurance division offers and manages a variety of insurance and fixed annuity products. The Global Mortgage Insurance division includes the International Mortgage Insurance and U.S. Mortgage Insurance segments. The International Mortgage Insurance segment provides mortgage insurance products and related services in Canada, Australia, Mexico and multiple European countries. The U.S. Mortgage Insurance offer mortgage insurance products in the United States. The Corporate and Other division includes the International Protection, Wealth Management and Runoff segments. The International Protection provides the payment protection coverages in European countries. The Wealth Management segment offers and manages a variety of wealth management products that include managed account programs together with advisor support and financial planning services. The Runoff segment includes the results of non-strategic products which are no longer actively sold. Its non-strategic products include its variable annuity, variable life insurance; institutional, corporate-owned life insurance and Medicare supplement insurance products. Genworth Financial was founded on October 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA. [...] more

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